Member of the Month - October 2018- Rockwood

[Kane]

The season of colour is upon us, and while young people snap pictures of their pumpkin spice lattes for social media, gourds of many shapes and sizes get stacked along fall mums at the grocery store, and the bags of tooth filling removal Halloween candy adorn our shelves in their seasonal black and orange, it is October. And with it comes a new Member of the Month.

 

This month's worthy recipient for being fitted with the crown goes to...

 

     Rockwood  

 

For nearly seven years, this Maine gentleman has graced our forum with insightful and thought provoking ID answers, played devil's advocate for alternative identifications, added some humour, and classic New England practicality and personality to his posts. His rare but interesting fossils from his home state prove that there are things to be found there.  Of course, there was this incident with dried paint, but that is not an item for discussion!  

 

Dale, Thanks for all you do and contribute here on the Forum!

Congratulations Sir! Wear this Crown with joy as you earned it!

 

Here is your opportunity to tell us your story - about your passion for fossils, and how you came to TFF!

 

On behalf of the staff here on TFF, congratulations!

[old bones]

Congratulations, Dale! 'Bout time.

[Fossildude19]

Congratulations, Dale!  

Well deserved. 

I enjoy your contributions here. 

Keep up the good work. 

 

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Congrats to you !

 

Coco

[JohnJ]

Congratulations, Dale!  Let us know your story.

[Walt]

Congratulations!!!! 

Well deserved!!!

[ynot]

Way to go Dale!

Congratulations!

[digit]

Congrats, Dale!

 

Looking forward to hearing the back story of your journey to your passion for fossils (and the forum).

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Ludwigia]

About time, Dale! Congrats!

[Pagurus]

 

Congratulations from mid-coast Maine.     I always appreciate your thoughtful posts.

 

[Sagebrush Steve]

Congratulations from California!  

[FossilDAWG]

 Congratulations Dale!   Well deserved!

 

Don

[Bobby Rico]

Congratulations Dale I always like the humour you inject into your posts . You have helped me in the past with IDs and I do always pay attention to the help you offer others.  I do remember you gauged the size of fossil that a member was looking for an ID on, by comparing the grain of the oak desktop it was sitting on.     

 

All the  best Bobby 

[Max-fossils]

Congrats to you!!! 

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Congratulations  Very well-deserved!!

-Christian

[abyssunder]

Congrats Dale! Welcome to the team! Thank you for all your experience shared in this Forum!

[jcbshark]

Congrats , well deserved 

[Innocentx]

Hello Dale. I'm glad it is you! Congratulations, Patty

[Dan 1000]

Congrats Dale! 

[Monica]

@Rockwood

A huge congrats to you, Dale!  

(Update: I thought you'd be happy to know that my students still know what a black/white board is )

[Rockwood]

Thank you all.

I'm not much for pure socializing, but just know that you are like my family.

[digit]

3 hours ago, Rockwood said:

just know that you are like my family

So what time should we all show up for Thanksgiving dinner then?

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[FossilDAWG]

1 hour ago, digit said:

So what time should we all show up for Thanksgiving dinner then?

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

Hopefully Maine lobster is on the menu.  

 

Don

[Rockwood]

No no, I meant like the family that has to wait for me to get out of the bathroom in the morning.  

 

[Rockwood]

On 10/1/2018 at 9:06 AM, digit said:

Congrats, Dale!

 

Looking forward to hearing the back story of your journey to your passion for fossils (and the forum).

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

I can't really share too much about the way I got started collecting out of respect for the privacy of my traveling partner. Suffice it to say I didn't follow the path of finding a trilobite when I was five years old.